Stretchable electronic device

ABSTRACT

An electronic device stretchable from a first state to a second state includes a substrate, a plurality of light emitting groups, and a plurality of signal pads. The substrate has a first region and a second region. The light emitting groups are disposed on the first region. The signal pads are disposed on the second region. When the electronic device is stretched from the first state to the second state, the first region has a first stretching ratio (R1) and the second region has a second stretching ratio (R2), and R1 is greater than R2.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation application of U.S. application Ser.No. 17/243,504, filed on Apr. 28, 2021, which is a division of U.S.application Ser. No. 16/425,922, filed on May 29, 2019. The contents ofthese applications are incorporated herein by reference.

BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE 1. Field of the Disclosure

The present disclosure is related to an electronic device, and moreparticularly, to a stretchable electronic device.

2. Description of the Prior Art

In recent years, display devices have become more and more important forbeing applied to various applications, such as smartphones, tablets,notebooks, and electronic book readers, and wearable devices, such assmart watches. The related manufacturers still keep on developing newtypes of display devices. For example, a display area of a stretchabledisplay device may be enlarged for specific purposes and the size of thestretchable display device may be relatively small for being portable asthe stretchable display device is not stretched. However, there arestill some issues, such as reliability and lifetime, have to be improvedfor commercializing the stretchable display device.

SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE

According to some embodiments, an electronic device stretchable from afirst state to a second state is provided. The electronic deviceincludes a substrate, a plurality of light emitting groups, and aplurality of signal pads. The substrate has a first region and a secondregion. The light emitting groups are disposed on the first region. Thesignal pads are disposed on the second region. When the electronicdevice is stretched from the first state to the second state, the firstregion has a first stretching ratio (R1) and the second region has asecond stretching ratio (R2), and the first stretching ratio (R1) isgreater than the second stretching ratio (R2).

These and other objectives of the present disclosure will no doubtbecome obvious to those of ordinary skill in the art after reading thefollowing detailed description of the embodiment that is illustrated inthe various figures and drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic drawing illustrating an electronic devicestretchable from a first state to a second state in different stretchingdirections according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a schematic drawing illustrating the electronic devicestretched from the first state to the second state according to thefirst embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional drawing illustrating a firstregion of a substrate in the electronic device when the electronicdevice is stretched from the first state to the second state accordingto the first embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a schematic drawing illustrating light emitting groups in theelectronic device when the electronic device is stretched from the firststate to the second state according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 5 is a schematic drawing illustrating light emitting groups in theelectronic device when the electronic device is stretched from the firststate to the second state according to another embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 6 is a schematic drawing illustrating the electronic devicestretched from the first state to the second state according to anotherembodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 7 is a schematic drawing illustrating an electronic devicestretched from a first state to a second state according to a secondembodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 8 is a schematic drawing illustrating an electronic deviceaccording to a third embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 9 is a schematic drawing illustrating an electronic deviceaccording to a fourth embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 10 is a schematic drawing illustrating an electronic deviceaccording to a fifth embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 11 is a schematic drawing illustrating an electronic deviceaccording to a sixth embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 12 is a schematic drawing illustrating an electronic deviceaccording to a seventh embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 13 is a schematic drawing illustrating an electronic deviceaccording to an eighth embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 14 is a schematic drawing illustrating an electronic deviceaccording to a ninth embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 15 is a schematic drawing illustrating an electronic deviceaccording to a tenth embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 16 is a schematic drawing illustrating an electronic deviceaccording to an eleventh embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 17 is a schematic drawing illustrating an electronic deviceaccording to a twelfth embodiment of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The present disclosure has been particularly shown and described withrespect to certain embodiments and specific features thereof. Theembodiments set forth herein below are to be taken as illustrativerather than limiting. It should be readily apparent to those of ordinaryskill in the art that various changes and modifications in form anddetail may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of thepresent disclosure.

Before the further description of the preferred embodiment, the specificterms used throughout the text will be described below.

The terms “on,” “above,” and “over” used herein should be interpreted inthe broadest manner such that “on” not only means “directly on”something but also includes the meaning of “on” something with anintermediate feature or a layer therebetween, and that “above” or “over”not only means the meaning of “above” or “over” something but can alsoinclude the meaning it is “above” or “over” something with nointermediate feature or layer therebetween (i.e., directly onsomething).

Additionally, terms, such as “bottom”, “below”, “above”, “top”, and thelike, may be used herein for ease of description to describe one elementor feature's relationship to another element(s) or feature(s) asillustrated in the figures. If the device in the figures in turned over,elements described as “above” can become “below”. It will be understoodthat spatially relative terms are intended to encompass differentorientations of the device in use or operation in addition to theorientations depicted in the figures

The term “forming” or the term “disposing” are used hereinafter todescribe the behavior of applying a layer of material to the substrate.Such terms are intended to describe any possible layer formingtechniques including, but not limited to, thermal growth, sputtering,evaporation, chemical vapor deposition, epitaxial growth,electroplating, and the like.

It will be understood that, although the terms first, second, etc. maybe used herein to describe various elements, components, regions, layersand/or sections, these elements, components, regions, layers and/orsections should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only usedto distinguish one element, component, region, layer and/or section fromanother. Thus, a first element, component, region, layer or sectiondiscussed below could be termed a second element, component, region,layer or section without departing from the teachings of the disclosure.

It will be understood that several embodiments shown below describedifferent technical features respectively. But these technical featurescan also be mixed or combined in various ways if they are not conflictto each other.

Please refer to FIG. 1 . FIG. 1 is a schematic drawing illustrating anelectronic device stretchable from a first state to a second stateaccording to a first embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown inFIG. 1 , an electronic device 101 is provided in this embodiment. Theelectronic device 101 includes a substrate 10 having a first region 10Aand a second region 10B, and the electronic device 101 is stretchablefrom a first state I to a second state II. In some embodiments, as shownin the upper portion of FIG. 1 , the substrate 10 may be stretchable ina stretching direction AR from the first state I to the second state II.The stretching direction AR can be parallel to a top surface of 10 t thesubstrate 10. The second region 10B may be located at a side of thefirst region 10A in a first direction X. The first direction X can beparallel to the top surface 10 t of the substrate 10, and can beparallel to the stretching direction AR. After stretching, the width ofthe first region 10A can be changed, for example, increased along thefirst direction X. After stretching, the area of the substrate 10 can bechanged, for example, increased.

In some embodiments, as shown in the lower portion of FIG. 1 , thesubstrate 10 may be stretchable along two directions, as shown in arrowsAR1 and AR2 from the first state I to the second state II, but notlimited thereto. After stretching, the width of the first region 10A canbe increased along the first direction X, and the length of the firstregion 10A can be increased along a second direction Y. The seconddirection Y can be parallel to the top surface 10 t of the substrate andperpendicular to the first direction X. After stretching, the area ofthe substrate 10 can be changed, for example, increased.

As shown in FIG. 2 , the electronic device 101 may include a pluralityof light emitting groups 20 disposed on the first region 10A and aplurality of signal pads 30 disposed on the second region 10B.Specifically, in some embodiments, referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , thefirst region 10A may be a region defined by the outermost edges of theoutermost light emitting groups 20, as shown in the region surrounded bythe dash line. The second region 10B may be a region defined by theoutermost edges of the outermost signal pads 30, as shown in the regionsurrounded by the dash line. In some embodiments, a stretching ratio maybe defined as a ratio of the distance change between two specific pointsbefore and after stretching to the distance between the two specificpoints before stretching. In some embodiments, a stretching ratio may bedefined as a ratio of the area change of a specific region before andafter stretching to the area of the specific region before stretching.

In some embodiments, when the electronic device 101 is stretched fromthe first state I to the second state II, the first region 10A may havea first stretching ratio (R1), the second region 10B may have a secondstretching ratio (R2), and the first stretching ratio (R1) may begreater than the second stretching ratio (R2). In some embodiments,signal input issues during stretching operations of the electronicdevice 101 can be improved, and the reliability and the lifetime of theelectronic device 101 can be enhanced.

In some embodiments, the first stretching ratio (R1) of the first region10A and the second stretching ratio (R2) of the second region 10B may beconformed with the following equation (I), but not limited thereto.

$\begin{matrix}{1.2 \leq \frac{R1}{R2} \leq {100}} & (I)\end{matrix}$

Please refer to FIG. 2 and FIG. 4 . In some embodiments, each of thelight emitting groups 20 may include at least three light emittingelements, for example, a first light emitting element SP1, a secondlight emitting element SP2, and a third light emitting element SP3, asshown in FIG. 4 . The first light emitting element SP1, the second lightemitting element SP2, and the third light emitting element SP3 can be ofdifferent colors. In some embodiments, the light emitting elements canbe inorganic light emitting diodes (LEDs), mini LEDs, micro LEDs,organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), or other suitable types of lightemitting elements. The signal pads 30 may be used to be bonded withother circuit structures (not shown in FIG. 2 ), such as a flexibleprint circuit (FPC) structure, a chip on film (COF) structure, a drivingintegrated circuit (IC) structure, or other suitable circuit structures.The signal pads 30 may be composed of metallic conductive material,transparent conductive material, or other suitable types of conductivematerial.

Still referring to FIG. 2 , in some embodiments, the plurality of lightemitting groups 20 may include a first light emitting group 20A and asecond light emitting group 20B disposed adjacent to the first lightemitting group 20A, and the plurality of signal pads 30 may include afirst signal pad 30A and a second signal pad 30B disposed adjacent tothe first signal pad 30A. The first light emitting group 20A and thesecond light emitting group 20B can be adjacent to each other along thestretching direction AR, and/or along the first direction X. When theelectronic device 101 is stretched from the first state I to the secondstate II, the first light emitting group 20A and the second lightemitting group 20B may have a first distance D1 (DS11) therebetween inthe first state I, and may have a second distance D2 (DS21) therebetweenin the second state II, for example, along the first direction X. Thefirst signal pad 30A and the second signal pad 30B may have a thirddistance D3 therebetween in the first state I, and may have a fourthdistance D4 therebetween in the second state II, for example, along thesecond direction Y. In some embodiments, the first distance (D1), thesecond distance (D2), the third distance (D3), and the fourth distance(D4) described above may be conformed with anyone of or more than one ofthe following equation (II), the following equation (III), and thefollowing equation (IV), but not limited thereto.

$\begin{matrix}{{D2} > {D1}} & ({II}) \\{{D4} \geq {D3}} & ({III}) \\{\frac{D2}{D1} > \frac{D4}{D3}} & ({IV})\end{matrix}$

Still referring to FIG. 2 , in some embodiments, the plurality of lightemitting groups 20 may include a first light emitting group 20A′ and asecond light emitting group 20B′ disposed adjacent to the first lightemitting group 20A′. The first light emitting group 20A′ and the secondlight emitting group 20B′ can be adjacent to each other along adirection different from the stretching direction AR, for example, alongthe second direction Y. When the electronic device 101 is stretched fromthe first state I to the second state II, the first light emitting group20A′ and the second light emitting group 20B′ may have a first distanceD1 (DS12) therebetween in the first state I, and may have a seconddistance D2 (DS22) therebetween in the second state II. In someembodiments, the first distance (D1), the second distance (D2), thethird distance (D3), and the fourth distance (D4) described above may beconformed with anyone of or more than one of the following equation(II), the following equation (III), and the following (IV), but notlimited thereto.

$\begin{matrix}{{D2} > {D1}} & ({II}) \\{{D4} \geq {D3}} & ({III}) \\{\frac{D2}{D1} > \frac{D4}{D3}} & ({IV})\end{matrix}$

In some embodiments, a fifth distance D5 may exist between two specificpoints disposed on the second region 10B in the first direction X in thefirst state I, and a sixth distance D6 may exist between the twospecific points in the first direction X in the second state II. In someembodiments, a ratio of the distance DS21 to the distance DS11 (whichmay be regarded as a ratio of the second distance D2 to the firstdistance D1) and/or a ratio of the distance DS22 to the distance DS12(which may be regarded as a ratio of the second distance D2 to the firstdistance D1 also) may be greater than a ratio of the fourth distance D4to the third distance D3 and/or a ratio of the six distance D6 to thefifth distance D5, but not limited thereto. In some embodiments, thesecond distance D2 (DS21) may be greater than the first distance D1(DS11), the fourth distance D4 may be greater than or equal to the thirddistance D3, the ratio of the distance DS21 to the distance DS11 may begreater than the ratio of the sixth distance D6 to the fifth distanceD5, and the ratio of the distance DS22 to the distance DS12 may begreater than the ratio of the fourth distance D4 to the third distanceD3. In other words, the first distance D1, the second distance D2, thethird distance D3, the fourth distance D4, the fifth distance D5, andthe sixth distance D6 described above may further be conformed withanyone of or two of the following equations (V) and (VI), but notlimited thereto.

$\begin{matrix}{1.2 \leq \frac{\left( {D2/D1} \right)}{\left( {D4/D3} \right)} \leq 100} & (V) \\{1.2 \leq \frac{\left( {D2/D1} \right)}{\left( {D6/D5} \right)} \leq 100} & ({VI})\end{matrix}$

In some embodiments, a ratio of the difference between the seconddistance D2 and the first distance D1 to the first distance D1 may beregarded as the first stretching ratio (R1) of the first region 10Adescribed above, and a ratio of the difference between the fourthdistance D4 and the third distance D3 to the third distance D3 may beregarded as the second stretching ratio (R2) of the second region 10Bdescribed above. In some embodiments, a ratio of difference between thesixth distance D6 and the fifth distance D5 to the fifth distance D5 maybe regarded as the second stretching ratio (R2) of the second region 10Bdescribed above, but not limited thereto. Therefore, the first distanceD1, the second distance D2, the third distance D3, the fourth distanceD4, the fifth distance D5, and the sixth distance D6 described above mayfurther be conformed with one of or two of the following equation (VII)and the following equation (VIII), but not limited thereto.

$\begin{matrix}{\frac{❘{{D2} - {D1}}❘}{D1} > \frac{❘{{D4} - {D3}}❘}{D3}} & ({VII}) \\{\frac{❘{{D2} - {D1}}❘}{D1} > \frac{❘{{D6} - {D5}}❘}{D5}} & ({VIII})\end{matrix}$

Stilling referring to FIG. 2 , in some embodiments, the first region 10Aof the substrate 10 may have a first projection area A1 in the firststate I, the first region 10A of the substrate 10 may have a secondprojection area A2 in the second state II, and the second projectionarea A2 may be greater than the first projection area A1. Additionally,the second region 10B of the substrate 10 may have a third projectionarea A3 in the first state I, and the second region 10B of the substrate10 may have a fourth projection area A4 in the second state II. Thefirst projection area A1, the second projection area A2, the thirdprojection area A3, and the fourth projection area A4 may be projectionareas in a vertical direction Z perpendicular to the surface of thesubstrate 10, but not limited thereto. The vertical direction Z can beperpendicular to the first direction X and the second direction Y. Insome embodiments, the first stretching ratio can be defined as|A2−A1|/A1, and the second stretching ratio can be defined as|A4−A3|/A3. The first projection area A1, the second projection area A2,the third projection area A3, and the fourth projection area A4 may beconformed with the following equation (IX), but not limited thereto.

$\begin{matrix}{\frac{❘{{A2} - {A1}}❘}{A1} > \frac{❘{{A4} - {A3}}❘}{A3}} & ({IX})\end{matrix}$

Please refer to FIG. 2 , and FIG. 3 . FIG. 3 is a schematiccross-sectional drawing illustrating the first region 10A of thesubstrate 10 in the electronic device 101 when the electronic device 101is stretched from the first state I to the second state II in thisembodiment. As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 , in some embodiments, adisplay layer 210 may be disposed on the substrate 10, and a functionallayer 220 may be disposed on the display layer 210, but not limitedthereto. The display layer 210 can include the plurality of lightemitting groups 20. In some embodiments, each of the light emittinggroups 20 may include a plurality of light emitting units SP, and eachof the light emitting units SP may be regarded as a subpixel, but notlimited thereto. The display layer 210 may include a plurality of thelight emitting units SP, wires, electrodes, switch elements and/ordriving elements, but not limited thereto. For example, one lightemitting unit SP can include a light emitting element LEU that canproduce light beam, such as the primary light beam (such as red light,blue light, and green light), for display images. In some embodiments,one light emitting unit SP may include one light emitting element LEU,and at least one switching element SW can be electrically connected tothe light emitting element LEU. In some embodiments, the light emittingelement LEU may be an inorganic light emitting diode (LED), a mini LED,a micro LED, an organic light emitting diode (OLED), or other suitablelight emitting elements. In some embodiments, the switching element SWmay be a thin film transistor, but not limited thereto. The displaylayer 210 can further include a pixel defining layer PDL, that candefine the light emitting region or the region of one light emittingunit SP. Referring to FIG. 3 , in some embodiments, when the electronicdevice 101 is stretched from the first state I to the second state II,the distance between two adjacent subpixels in two adjacent lightemitting groups 20 may also be stretched. Specifically, in the firststate I, the first distance D1 can be measured from a first specificpoint (for example, a first side 51) of the light emitting unit SPa ofone light emitting group 20A to a second specific point (for example, asecond side S2) of the light emitting unit SPb of another light emittinggroup 20B. In the second state II, the second distance D2 is measuredfrom the same specific points as in the first state I. In detail, thesecond distance D2 can be measured from the first side 51 of the lightemitting unit SPa of the light emitting group 20A to the second side S2of the light emitting unit SPb of the light emitting group 20B. In someembodiments, the first specific point and the second specific point canbe other points. For example, the first specific point can be the centerof the light emitting unit SPa, and the second specific point can be thecenter of the light emitting unit SPb. In some embodiments, the distancebetween two adjacent light emitting groups 20 may be a distance betweentwo adjacent subpixels of different light emitting groups 20 adjacent toeach other.

As shown in FIG. 3 , in some embodiments, the light emitting elementsLEU may be a flip-type micro-LED, but not limited thereto. Each of thelight emitting elements LEU may include a first electrode 213, a secondelectrode 214, a first semiconductor layer 215, a light emitting layer216, and a second semiconductor layer 217. The light emitting layer 216may be, but not limited to, a multiple quantum well (MQW) layer. Thefirst electrode 213 may be electrically connected to a common electrodethrough a bonding pad 212. In addition, when the switching element SW isa thin film transistor, it may include a gate electrode GE, a sourceelectrode SE, a drain electrode DE, and a semiconductor layer SC. Thesource electrode SE and the drain electrode DE may be electricallyconnected to the semiconductor layer SC respectively and an insulatinglayer 51 may be located between the gate electrode GE and thesemiconductor layer SC. The source electrode SE may be electricallyconnected to a signal line (not shown) for example. The drain electrodeDE may be electrically connected to a bonding pad 211 or a connectionlayer that is electrically connected to the corresponding light emittingelement LEU. The functional layer 220 may include a touch layer, a coverlayer, an anti-refection layer, a protection layer 218, or combinationsthereof. In some embodiments, a filler (not shown) and/or wirings (notshown) may be disposed in the gap G between the light emitting groups20, and the filler may be elastic material or adhesive material, but notlimited thereto.

Please refer to FIG. 2 , FIG. 4 , and FIG. 5 . FIG. 4 is a schematicdrawing illustrating the light emitting groups 20 in the electronicdevice 101 when the electronic device 101 is stretched from the firststate I to the second state II according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure, and FIG. 5 is a schematic drawing illustrating the lightemitting groups 20 in the electronic device 101 when the electronicdevice 101 is stretched from the first state I to the second state IIaccording to another embodiment of the present disclosure. The region ofone light emitting group 20 may be defined by the outermost edges of theoutermost light emitting units that are included in the same lightemitting group 20. That is, the region surrounded by the dash line, asshown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 . Thus, the area of one light emitting group20 is the area of the region surrounded by the dash line. Therefore, thedistance between two adjacent light emitting groups 20 may be thedistance between two adjacent subpixels from different light emittinggroups 20. In addition, one light emitting group 20 can include at leasttwo subpixels and may be defined as a smallest unit which comprises agroup of subpixels shifting and/or rotating as a whole.

As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 4 , in some embodiments, each of the lightemitting groups 20 may include a plurality of light emitting unitsconfigured to emit light beams of different colors. For example,referring to FIG. 4 , each of the light emitting groups 20 may include afirst light emitting unit SP1, a second light emitting unit SP2, and athird light emitting unit SP3 for emitting light beams of differentcolors. Each of the light emitting units may be regarded as a subpixel.In some embodiments, one light emitting group may include more than onefirst light emitting unit SP1, more than one second light emitting unitSP2, and more than one third light emitting unit SP3. For example,referring to FIG. 5 , at least one light emitting group 20 may include aplurality of (for example, four) first light emitting units SP1, aplurality of (for example, four) second light emitting units SP2, and aplurality of (for example, four) third light emitting units SP3. Thefirst light emitting unit SP1, the second light emitting unit SP2, andthe third light emitting unit SP3 are of different colors.

When the electronic device 101 is stretched from the first state I tothe second state II, the distance between two adjacent light emittinggroups 20 may be enlarged. The distance between the light emitting unitswithin the same light emitting group 20 may be substantially unchanged.Thus, in some embodiments, the influence of the stretching operations onthe display images generated by the electronic device 101 can bereduced.

Please refer to FIG. 6 . FIG. 6 is a schematic drawing illustrating theelectronic device 101 stretched from the first state I to the secondstate II according to another embodiment of the present disclosure. Thedefinitions and relationships of first region 10A, second region 10B,the first projection area A1, the second projection area A2, the thirdprojection area A3, and the fourth projection area A4 can be referred tothe description for FIG. 2 . Additionally, in some embodiments, thesubstrate 10 may further include a third region 10C and a fourth region10D respectively located at two opposite sides of the second region 10Bin the first direction X, and the fourth region 10D may be locatedbetween the second region 10B and the first region 10A in the firstdirection X. When the electronic device 101 is stretched from the firststate I to the second state II, the third region 10C may have a thirdstretching ratio, the fourth region 10D may have a fourth stretchingratio, and the fourth stretching ratio may be greater than the thirdstretching ratio, but not limited thereto. The definition of the thirdstretching ratio and the fourth stretching ratio may be similar to thefirst stretching ratio and the second stretching ratio described aboveand will not be redundantly described.

The following description will detail the different embodiments of thepresent disclosure. To simplify the description, identical components ineach of the following embodiments are marked with identical symbols. Formaking it easier to understand the differences between the embodiments,the following description will detail the dissimilarities amongdifferent embodiments and the identical features will not be redundantlydescribed.

Please refer to FIG. 7 . FIG. 7 is a schematic drawing illustrating anelectronic device 102 stretched from a first state I to a second stateII according to a second embodiment of the present disclosure. As shownin FIG. 7 , in the electronic device 102, the substrate 10 may includean first opening OP1 disposed between two of the light emitting groups20 adjacent to each other in a top view of the electronic device 102. Insome embodiments, the substrate 10 may include a plurality of the firstopenings OP1 disposed between the light emitting groups 20. In someembodiments, it will be more feasible to stretch the substrate 10 withthe first openings OP1, but not limited thereto. In some embodiment, aportion of the substrate 10 between two of the adjacent signal pads 30may have no opening. In some embodiments, the substrate 10 may furtherinclude one or more second openings OP2 at an edge of the substrate 10,but not limited thereto. In addition, the electronic device 102 mayfurther include a circuit structure 90 connected to the signal pads 30.In some embodiments, the circuit structure 90 may include a firstportion 91 and a second portion 92. The first portion 91 of the circuitstructure 90 may be connected to the signal pads 30, and the secondportion 92 of the circuit structure 90 may be electrically connected tothe signal pads 30 via the first portion 91. In some embodiments, thefirst portion 91 of the circuit structure 90 may include FPC, COF, orother suitable structures, and the second portion 92 of the circuitstructure 90 may include a driving IC or other suitable structures.

As shown in FIG. 7 , in some embodiments, the first region 10A may beregarded as a region surrounding the light emitting groups 20 from a topview of electronic device 102, and the second region 10B may be regardedas a region surrounding the signal pads 30 from the top view ofelectronic device 102. Specifically, the first region 10A may be definedby the outermost edges of the outmost light emitting groups 20. Thesecond region 10B may be defined by the outermost edges of the outmostsignal pads 30. Thus, the first region 10A is the area of the regionsurrounded by the dash line and including the light emitting groups 20in FIG. 6 , and the second region 10B is the area of the regionsurrounded by the dash line and including the signal pads 30 in FIG. 6 .Therefore, an area marked with 10A in the left half of FIG. 7 may beregarded as the first projection area A1 of the first region 10A in thefirst state I, an area marked with 10A in the right half of FIG. 7 maybe regarded as the second projection area A2 of the first region 10A inthe second state II, an area marked with 10B in the left half of FIG. 7may be regarded as the third projection area A3 of the second region 10Bin the first state I, and an area marked with 10B in the right half ofFIG. 7 may be regarded as the fourth projection area A4 of the firstregion 10A in the second state II, but not limited thereto.

Please refer to FIG. 8 . FIG. 8 is a schematic drawing illustrating anelectronic device 103 according to a third embodiment of the presentdisclosure. As shown in FIG. 8 , in the electronic device 103, the firstregion 10A may include a first sub region SR1 and a second sub regionSR2, and the second sub region SR2 may be located between the first subregion SR1 and the second region 10B in the first direction X. In otherwords, the distance between the second sub region SR2 and the secondregion 10B may be shorter than the distance between the first sub regionSR1 and the second region 10B in the first direction X. Additionally,the substrate 10 may include a plurality of the first openings OP1 and aplurality of the second openings OP2 described above, and the firstopenings OP1 may be disposed between the light emitting groups 20 andlocated in the first sub region SR1 and the second sub region SR2. Insome embodiments, at least one of the first openings OP1 in the firstsub region SR1 may be larger than at least one of the first openings OP1in the second sub region SR2. In some embodiments, the second openingOP2 adjacent the first sub region SR1 may be larger than the secondopening OP2 adjacent to the second sub region SR2. Thus, the stretchinguniformity of the first region 10A and the display quality of theelectronic device 103 during the stretching operations may be improved,but not limited thereto. In some embodiments, the areas of the firstopenings OP1 may be gradually increased from the region closer to thesecond region 10B to the region away from the second region 10B. In someembodiments, the areas of the second openings OP2 may be graduallyincreased from the region closer to the second region 10B to the regionaway from the second region 10B.

Please refer to FIG. 9 . FIG. 9 is a schematic drawing illustrating anelectronic device 104 according to a fourth embodiment of the presentdisclosure. As shown in FIG. 9 , in the electronic device 104, the firstsub region SR1 and the second sub region SR2 are marked by the dashlines, and the first openings OP1 of the same number (for example, 12)are disposed in the first sub region SR1 and the second sub region SR2.The first sub region SR1 is less than the second sub region SR2. Thus, adensity of the openings OP1 in the first sub region SR1 is higher than adensity of the openings OP1 in the second sub region SR2. The stretchinguniformity of the first region 10A and the display quality of theelectronic device 104 during the stretching operations can be improved,but not limited thereto. In some embodiments, the density of the firstopenings OP1 may be gradually increased from the region closer to thesecond region 10B to the region away from the second region 10B.

Please refer to FIG. 10 . FIG. 10 is a schematic drawing illustrating anelectronic device 105 according to a fifth embodiment of the presentdisclosure. As shown in FIG. 10 , in the electronic device 105, thefirst opening OP1 may be formed after a gap G between the light emittinggroups 20 is formed. However, in some embodiments, the gap between lightemitting groups 20 and the first opening OP1 in substrate 10 may beformed by the same process, such as an etching process, a lasertreatment, or other suitable process. For example, when the processmentioned above is performed from the functional layer 220 to thesubstrate 10, a top width W1 of the gap between the light emittinggroups 20 may be larger than a top width W2 of the first opening OP1,and the top width of the first opening OP1 may be larger than a bottomwidth W3 of the first opening OP1, but not limited thereto. In someembodiments, the display layer 210 may include the plurality of lightemitting groups 20 and at least one insulating layer. For example, thedisplay layer 210 can include an insulating layer 51 disposed betweenthe semiconductor layer SC and the gate electrode GE, an insulatinglayer 52 disposed between the gate electrode GE and the source electrodeSE, an insulating layer 53 disposed between the source electrode SE andthe bonding pad 211, and an insulating layer PDL (pixel defining layer).In some embodiments, the first opening OP1 can be disposed in one of ormore than one of the above insulating layers 51, 52, 53, and PDL, andalso disposed in the substrate 10. In some embodiments, although notshown in figures, the first opening OP1 can be disposed in one of ormore than one of the above insulating layers 51, 52, 53, and PDL, butnot disposed in the substrate 10.

Please refer to FIG. 11 . FIG. 11 is a schematic drawing illustrating anelectronic device 106 according to a sixth embodiment of the presentdisclosure. As shown in FIG. 11 , in the electronic device 106, thefirst opening OP1 may be formed after the gap between the light emittinggroups 20 is formed, and the first opening OP1 may be formed by aprocess (such as an etching process, a laser treatment, or othersuitable process) performed from the backside of the substrate 10.Therefore, the bottom width W3 of the first opening OP1 may be largerthan the top width W2 of the first opening OP1.

Please refer to FIG. 12 . FIG. 12 is a schematic drawing illustrating anelectronic device 107 according to a seventh embodiment of the presentdisclosure. As shown in FIG. 12 , in the electronic device 107, the gapbetween the light emitting groups 20 and the upper part of the firstopening OP1 may be formed by the same process, and the lower part of thefirst opening OP1 may be formed by a process (such as an etchingprocess, a laser treatment, or other suitable process) performed fromthe backside of the substrate 10. Therefore, the bottom width W3 of thefirst opening OP1 and the top width W2 of the first opening OP1 may belarger than a middle width W4 of the first opening OP1, but not limitedthereto. The structure of the first opening OP1 is not limited to theconditions described in the embodiments shown in FIGS. 10-12 , and thestructure of the first opening OP1 described in the embodiments shown inFIGS. 10-12 may also be applied to the other embodiments of the presentdisclosure.

Please refer to FIG. 13 . FIG. 13 is a schematic drawing illustrating anelectronic device 108 according to an eighth embodiment of the presentdisclosure. As shown in FIG. 13 , in the electronic device 108, thefirst region 10A and the second region 10B of the substrate 10 may bemade of the same material (such as a first material M1 shown in FIG. 13), and a thickness of the first region 10A (such as a first thicknessTK1 shown in FIG. 13 ) may be less than a thickness of the second region10B (such as a second thickness TK2 shown in FIG. 13 ). Thus, the firstregion 10A may easily to stretch, and the first stretching ratio of thefirst region 10A can be greater than the second stretching ratio of thesecond region 10B. In some embodiments, the first material M1 may be anelastic material having relatively lower Young's modulus, but notlimited thereto

Please refer to FIG. 14 . FIG. 14 is a schematic drawing illustrating anelectronic device 109 according to a ninth embodiment of the presentdisclosure. As shown in FIG. 14 , in the electronic device 109, amaterial composition of the first region 10A may be different from amaterial composition of the second region 10B. For example, the firstregion 10A and the upper portion of the second region 10B may be made ofthe same material (such as a second material M2 shown in FIG. 16 ), andthe lower portion of the second region 10B may be made of anothermaterial different from the second material M2 (such as a third materialM3 shown in FIG. 14 ). In some embodiments, the Young's modulus of thethird material M3 may be higher than the Young's modulus of the secondmaterial M2, but not limited thereto.

Please refer to FIG. 15 . FIG. 15 is a schematic drawing illustrating anelectronic device 110 according to a tenth embodiment of the presentdisclosure. As shown in FIG. 15 , in the electronic device 110, thefirst region 10A may be made of the second material M2, and the secondregion 10B may be made of the third material M3 different from thesecond material M2. The second thickness TK2 of the second region 10Bmay be greater than the first thickness TK1 of the first region 10A, butnot limited thereto.

Please refer to FIG. 16 . FIG. 16 is a schematic drawing illustrating anelectronic device 111 according to an eleventh embodiment of the presentdisclosure. As shown in FIG. 16 , in the electronic device 111, thefirst region 10A may be made of the second material M2, the secondregion 10B may be made of the third material M3 different from thesecond material M2, and the second thickness TK2 of the second region10B may be substantially equal to the first thickness TK1 of the firstregion 10A. The interface between the second material M2 and the thirdmaterial M3 may not be parallel to the vertical direction Z forenhancing the adhesion between the second material M2 and the thirdmaterial M3. For example, the interface between the second material M2and the third material M3 may include an incline shape 60 (as shown inFIG. 16 ), a zigzag shape, a wavy shape, a curve surface, a ladder shapestructure, or other suitable structures for increasing the adhesionbetween the second material M2 and the third material M3. For easyillustration, FIG. 16 only shows the interface of wavy shape, and theinterface can be of the above-mentioned shape or any other shape,although not shown in figures. The materials and the structure of thesubstrate 10 are not limited to the conditions described in theembodiments shown in FIGS. 13-16 , and the materials and the structureof the substrate 10 described in the embodiments shown in FIGS. 13-16may also be applied to the other embodiments of the present disclosure.

Please refer to FIG. 17 . FIG. 17 is a schematic drawing illustrating anelectronic device 112 according to a twelfth embodiment of the presentdisclosure. As shown in FIG. 17 , the electronic device 112 may furtherinclude a circuit unit 40 disposed on the second region 10B of thesubstrate 10. The circuit unit 40 may be disposed between the signalpads 30 and the first region 10A. Specifically, the circuit unit 40 maybe disposed on a part of the second region 10B located between the firstregion 10A and another part of the second region 10B on which the signalpads 30 are disposed, but not limited thereto. The circuit unit 40 mayinclude a gate driving circuit, a demultiplexer (DeMux), or otherfunctional circuit units. The circuit unit 40 in this embodiment mayalso be applied to the other embodiments of the present disclosure.

To summarize the above descriptions, in some embodiments, the electronicdevice and the substrate can be stretchable from the first state to thesecond state, and the region of the substrate on which the signal padsare disposed may have a stretching ratio less than a stretching ratio ofanother region of the substrate on which the light emitting groups aredisposed. In some embodiments, signal input issues during the stretchingoperations can be improved. The reliability and the lifetime of theelectronic device may be improved accordingly.

Those skilled in the art will readily observe that numerousmodifications and alterations of the device and method may be made whileretaining the teachings of the disclosure. Accordingly, the abovedisclosure should be construed as limited only by the metes and boundsof the appended claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A stretchable electronic device, comprising: asubstrate having an opening; and a display layer disposed on thesubstrate and comprising a first light emitting element and a secondlight emitting element, wherein a gap is located between the first lightemitting element and the second light emitting element, the gap isoverlapped with the opening of the substrate in a cross-sectional viewof the stretchable electronic device, and wherein a top width of theopening is different from a bottom width of the gap and the top width ofthe opening is adjacent to the bottom width of the gap.
 2. Thestretchable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein a top widthof the gap is greater than a bottom width of the opening and the bottomwidth of the opening is greater than the top width of the opening. 3.The stretchable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein a topwidth of the gap is greater than the top width of the opening and thetop width of the opening is greater than or equal to a bottom width ofthe opening.
 4. The stretchable electronic device according to claim 1,wherein a top width of the gap is greater than the bottom width of thegap.
 5. The stretchable electronic device according to claim 1, whereinthe bottom width of the gap is greater than the top width of theopening.
 6. The stretchable electronic device according to claim 1,wherein the display layer is disposed on a first region of thesubstrate, the stretchable electronic device further comprises a signalpad disposed on a second region of the substrate, and the second regionis located adjacent to the first region.
 7. The stretchable electronicdevice according to claim 6, wherein a stretching ratio of the firstregion is greater than a stretching ratio of the second region and athickness of the first region is less than a thickness of the secondregion.
 8. The stretchable electronic device according to claim 6,further comprising: a circuit structure comprising a first portion and asecond portion, wherein the first portion is disposed on the secondregion and connected to the signal pad, and the second portion iselectrically connected to the signal pad through the first portion. 9.The stretchable electronic device according to claim 6, wherein amaterial composition of the first region is different from a materialcomposition of the second region.
 10. The stretchable electronic deviceaccording to claim 6, wherein a Young's modulus of a material of thesecond region is higher than a Young's modulus of a material of thefirst region.